Synchrony and motor mimicking in chimpanzee observational learning

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Fuhrmann, Delia ^a,b   Ravignani, Andrea ^c   Marshall Pescini, Sarah ^a,d   Whiten, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOL USE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTOR SKILLS; PAN TROGLODYTES; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84902486134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05283     Document Type: Article

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